Method of producing printed products.



E. H. COTTRELL.

METHOD OF PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS.

APPLICATION FILED APILZY, 1914.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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E. H. CUTTRELL.

METHOD OF PRODUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS.

' APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, I914. me eee,

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.,

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E. H. COTTRELL.

METHOD OF PRODUCING PRINTEDPRODUCTS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 27, 1914.

Patented Feb. 8, 1916.

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E. H. COTTRELL.

METHOD OF PRGDUCING PRINTED PRODUCTS, I APPLICATION HLED APR. 27, 1914. 1,170,60. Patented Feb. 8,1916.

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EDGAR H. COTTBELL, OF WESTEBLY, RHODE ISLAND.

METHOD OF PRODUCING- PRINTED PRODUCTS.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDGAR H. Co'rTRErm, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Westerly, in the county of Washington and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Method of Producing Printed Products, of which the following is a specification.

In newspapers and other large printed products of a similar character as now printed and folded parallel with the columns of printed matter, it is well known that because of the very large size of the leaves, the poor quality of the paper used, and the location of the fold, it is extremely difficult to properly handle the paper because ofthe tendency ofthe free portions .of the leaves above the point held at one side of the paper, to fall over. This tendency is extended to both sides of the paper when the paper is unfolded. Furthermore, it is well known that when the paper is unfolded, it is extremely difiicult, awkward andtiresome to properly hold the same for perusal and it is also very difficult to fold back a leaf because of the tendency of a leaf to fall over by gravity in the wrong direction and because of the large size of the sheet.

My invention consists in the method of producing a newspaper which will be very convenient for handling and reading, the newspaper being at all times kept within a reasonable size.

A further object is to so print the web or webs that the associated sheets out therefrom may be read from beginning to end by turning the leaves over successively in the same direction. 1

A further object is to fold the sheets transversely through the middle of their printed pages or to secure the sheets together transversely through the middle of their printedpages or to fold said sheets together transversely through the middle of their printed pages and secure said sheets together along said fold line.

A still further object of my invention is to so print the web or webs and so handle the same that each of certain pages will Specification of Letters Patent.

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- Application filed April 27, 1914. Serial No. 834,661.

I have chosen to show, as a practical embodiment of my invention, a machine for carrying out my method which will print' and deliver a double twelve-page product from two webs.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a dlagrammatic elevation of the machine, Figs. 2 and 2 represent the machine in perspective from the last printing couple of the printing mechanism through to the delivery of the product, Fig. 3 represents a top plan view of a upper printed web, showing t e relative arrangement of the page and page sections thereon, Fig. 4 represents a bottom plan view of a portion of the upper web showing the relative arrangement of the page sections thereon, Fig. 5 represents a top plan view of a portion of the lower web showing the relative arrangement of the page sections thereon, Fig. 6 represents a bottom plan view of a portionof the lower web showing the relative arrangement of the page and page sections thereon, Fig. 7 rep-' resents a front view of theprinted product in its folded position as delivered from the machine, Fig. 8 represents a front view of the product in its unfolded position, the upper corners of the respective leaves being shown separated to clearly indicate the arrangement of the pages, and-Fig. 9 represents a front view of the product after the lower half of the front sheet has been turned over, the lower corners of the remamlng sheets being turned over and separated to clearly indicate the arrangement of the The upper web is denoted by 1 and the lower web by 2. The upper web 1s led through a perfecting printing mechanism comprising the printing couple 3, 4, for printing on one side of the web, andthe .printing couple 5, 6, for printing on the other side of the web. The lower web 2 is led through a perfecting printing mechanism comprising the printing couple 7, 8, for printing on one side of the web, and the printing couple 9, 10, for printing on the termediate pages each partly at one point and partly at another point on the webs. In the present arrangement, the upper side of one portion of the upper web transversely across the same, will bear page 1, the upperhalves of pages 11 and 9, and the lower halves of pages 3 and 5. The lower side of this portion of the upper web will bear, respectively, transversely across the web, the upper halves of pages 2, i and 6, and the lower halves of pages ,12, 10 and 8. Thecorresponding portion of the upper side of the lower web will bear transversely across the same, respectively, the ,upper halves of pages 12, 10 and 8, and the lower halves of pages 2, 4 and 6. The under side of the said portion of the lower -web will bear, transversely across the same, respectively, the upper halves of pages 3 and 5, the lower halves of pages 11 and 9, and all of page 7. The webs are here shown as three pages Wide and the two webs are brought together as they pass over the roller 11 from whence they pass together through the slitting mechanism 12, 13, where the associated upper and lower webs are slit longitudi- I nally into three pairs of narrow webs. From thence these narrow webs pass over formers 14, 15, 16, of the web associating mecha-' nism. From these formers 14, 15, 16, the webs are passed between their respective pairs of rolls 17, 18 and 19, and from thence overthe three series of rolls 20, 21, 22, to the pair of rolls 23, where the three pairs of roll webs are associated together; The three pairs of associated narrow webs are then passed through the cutting mechanism 24 where the Webs are cut transversely into sheets. These sheets pass through guides 25 to a folding cylinder 26 from which the sheets are folded off by the blades 27 through the rolls 28 to the rotary carrier 29 which deposits the folded product upon the endless delivery carrier 30.

The means which I have shown for securing the sheets together transversely across the middle of their printed pages comprises a pasting mechanism 31 arranged to apply paste to one side of the lower web 2 transversely along the line between the ,upper halves of pages 12, 10 and 8, and

arranged to apply paste transversely along the line between the upper half of page 9 and the lower half of page 5 after the pair of upper and lower wide webs have been separated into the'three narrow webs. This arrangement of the pasting mechanisms will insure the securing of thesix sheets together transversely through the middle of their printed pages without the application of paste to the front or back of the product.

If it is desired to secure the sheets together in groups so that each group may be readily separated from the remaining group or groups, it is only necessary to vary the arrangement and number of the pasting mechanisms. The groups of secured sheets may then be folded together as above described.

The product produced by my method will have its front page printed on the front side of one sheet, its back page printed on the back side of the back sheet and the intermediate pages each printed partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet. To permit the product to be read from beginning to end by turning the leaves over successively in the same direction, the printing mechanism and associating mechanism are arranged s0 that the printed matter on the front sides of all of the sheets will read in one direction and the printed matter on the back sides of all of the sheets will read in the reverse direction thus causing the last page tobe printed in the reverse direction to the first page and the upper half of each intermediate page to be printed in the reverse direction to the first page and the upper half of each intermediate page to be printed in the reverse direction to the lower half of said page.

By the terms front page and back page, I mean the pages which are located respectively on the front side of the front sheet and the back side of the back sheet of the associated sheets before they are folded together. Similarly, where I refer to the front and back sides of the sheets I mean before the sheets are folded.

' It is to be understood that any suitable driving mechanism may be used for driving the several parts of the machine so as to 1nsure the proper printing, associating, securing and folding of the product. I have, therefore, not shown such driving mechanism herein as it is well understood in the art.

While I have shown and described my method in connection with a machine which is designed to produce a double twelve-page product from two webs, it is to be understood that I do not wish tolimit myself to the method of producing a product of any particular number of pages as it is obvious that my invention contemplates the method of producing a-product of any desired number of pages. Also, While .I have shown a product as produced from two webs, it 1s to be understood that the products contemplated, may be produced from one or more webs, as desired: Also, while I-have shown and described the folding of the product transversely across the middle of its printed pages and the securing of the product along said fold line, it is obvious that I may use either one or both of these methods as desired'withoutdeparting from the spiritand scope of my invention.

What I claim is 1; The herein described method of producing a newspaper consisting in printlng a web so that one page of the newspaper will appear on one sheetQanother page on another sheet, and the remaining pages will each appear partly on'one sheet and partly on another sheet, slitting the web into narrow webs, associating the narrow webs and cut- 7 ting the so associated narrow webs transversely into sheets.

2. The herein described method of producing a newspaper consisting in printing a web so that one page of the newspaper will appear on one sheet, another page on another sheet, and the remaining pages will each appear partly on one sheet and partly V on another sheet, slitting the web into narrow webs, associating the narrow webs, cutting the so associated narrow webs transversely into sheets and folding the sheets transversely across the middle of their printed pages.

3. The herein described method of producing a newspaper consisting in printing a web so that one page of the printed product will appear on one sheet, another page on another sheet and the remaining pages will each appear partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, slitting the web into narrow webs, securing the webs together transversely across the middle of the printed pages, associating the webs and cutting the so associated webs transversely into sheets.

4. The herein described method of producing a newspaper consisting in printing a web so that one page of the printed prodnot will appear-on one sheet, another page on another sheet and the remaining pages will each appear partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, slitting the web into narrow webs, securing the webs together transversely across the middle of the printed pages, associating the webs, cutting the so associated webs transversely into sheets, and folding the sheets transversely across the middle of their-printed pages.

5. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in printing a web so that the front page of the newspaper will appear on one" sheet, the back page on another sheet and the remaining sides of all of the sheets reading in the reverse direction, whereby the newspaper may be read from beginning to end by turning the leaves over successively in the same direction, slitting the web into narrow webs, associating the narrow webs and cutting the so associated narrow webs transversely into sheets.

6. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in printing a web so that the front page of the newspaper will appear on one sheet, the back page on another sheet and the remaining pages each partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, the printed matter on the front sides of all of the sheets reading in one direction and the printed matter on the back sides of all of the sheets reading in the reverse direction, whereby the newspaper may be read from beginning to end by turning the leaves over successively in the same direction, slitting theweb into narrow webs, associating the narrow webs, cutting the so associated narrow webs transversely into sheets, and folding the sheets transversely across the middle of their printed pages.

7. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in printing a web so that the front page of the newspaper will appear on one sheet, the back page on another sheet and the remaining pages each partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, the printed matter on the front sides of all of the sheets reading in one direction and the printed matter on the back sides of all of the sheets reading in the reverse direction, whereby the newspaper may be read from beginning to end by turning the leaves over successively in the same direction, slitting the web into narrow webs, securing the webs together transversely across the middle of their printed pages, associating the webs and cutting the so associated webs transversely into sheets.

8. The herein described method of producing'a newspaper, consisting in printing a web so that the front page of the newspaper will appear on one sheet, the back page on another sheet and the remaining pages each partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, the printed matter on the front sides of all of the sheets reading in one direction and the printed matter on the back sides of all of the sheets reading in the reverse direction, whereby the newspaper may be read from beginning to end by turning the leaves over successively in the same direction, slitting the web into narrow webs,

securing the webs together transversely across the middle of their printed pages, associating the webs, cutting the so associated webs transversely into sheets, and folding the sheets transversely across the middle of their printed pages.

9. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where the printing is so arranged that one page of the printed product will appear on one sheet, another page on another sheet and the intermediate pages will each appealpartly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, associating the two webs, slitting the two webs into a plurality of pairs of narrow webs and cutting the associated pairs of narrow webs transversely into sheets.

10. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where the printing is so arranged that one page of the printed product will appear on one sheet, another page on another sheet and the intermediate pages will each appear partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, associating the two webs, slitting the two webs into a plurality of pairs of narrow webs, cutting the associated pairs of narrow webs transversely into sheets, and folding the sheets together transversely across the middle of their printed pages.

11. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where the printing is so arranged that one page of the printed product will appear on one sheet, another upon another sheet and the intermediate pages will appear each partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, associating the two webs, slitting the two webs into a plurality of narrow webs, securing the webs together transversely across the middle of their printed pages and cutting the so associated pair of narrow webs transversely into sheets.

12. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in-feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where the printing is so arranged that one page of the printed product will appear on one sheet, another upon another sheet and the intermediate pages will appear each partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, associating the two webs, slitting the two webs into a plurality of narrow webs, securing the webs together transversely across the middle of their printed pages, cutting the so associated pair of narrow webs transversely into sheets, and folding the sheets together transversely across the middle of their printed pages.

13. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where the printing is so arranged that the front page of the newspaper will appear on one sheet, the back page upon another sheet and the intermediate pages each partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, asso ciating the two webs, slitting the two webs into a plurality of pairs of narrow webs and cutting the associated pairs of narrow webs transversely into sheets.

14. The herein described method of producing a newspaper, consisting in feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where sheets together transversely across the middle of their printed pages. 15. The herein described method of producing a newspaper consisting in feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where the printing-is so arranged that the front page of the printed product will appear on one sheet, the back page upon another sheet and the intermediate pages each partly on one sheet and partly on another sheet, associating the two webs, slitting the two webs into a plurality of pairs of narrow webs, securing the webs together transversely across the middle of the printed pages and cutting the associated pairs of narrow webs transversely into sheets.

16. The herein described method of'producing a newspaper,,consisting in feeding two webs to two printing mechanisms where the printing is so arranged that the front page of the printed product will appear on one sheet, the back page upon another sheet and the intermediate pages each partly on one sheet and partly onanother sheet, associating the two webs, slittin the two webs into a plurality of pairs 0 narrow webs, securing the webs together transversely across the middle of the printed pages,

cutting the associated pairs of narrow webs into sheets, and folding the sheets together transversely across the middle of their printed pages.

17.. The herein described method of producing a newspaper having separate groups of sheets, consisting in combining a plurality of printed webs, cutting sheets transversely therefrom and securlng certain of the webs together transversely through the middle of the printed pages, whereby the sheets will be secured together in groups.

18. The hereindescribed method of producing a newspaper having separate groups dle of the printed pages, whereby the sheets will be secured together in groups, and folding said groups of sheets together;

In testimony thst I claim the foregoing as my invention, I have signed my name in presence of 0 Witnesses, this twenty-third 10 day of April 1914.

EDGAR H. COTTRELL.

Witnesses:

F. GEORGE BARRY, C. S. SUNDGREN. 

